In 1843, Baillie and William Chisholm were both executors of the will of John Chisholm jnr in Berbice [London Gazette]

William Chisholm was on plantation Hanover, Berbice, from October 1836, as a manager for Thomas & William Earle of Liverpool. He refers in a letter to his 36-day journey by ship to reach the plantation [D/EARLE/5/5/4]. Baillie Chisholm, along with a William Campbell, were appointed to similar positions in 1838 [D/EARLE/5/2/1].

Baillie Chisholm traded in Berbice in 1837 as Baillie Chisholm & Co [1837 Sessional Papers]. He died on 4 September 1850, as this time manager of plantation Smithfield [John O'Groat Journal, Friday, January 3, 1851].